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Stella Garber

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Senior Advisor at Chingona Ventures · Co-founder, Go to Market at Hoop

Greater Chicago Area

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About

Stella Garber is the co-founder and CEO of Hoop, a company backed by Index Ventures and angel investors including Andy Dunn and Wade Foster. She previously spent more than seven years leading marketing at Trello, where she built the marketing team and led it through the company's $425 million acquisition by Atlassian, after which she served as Head of Marketing at Atlassian. Garber is also an angel investor in more than 30 early-stage startups and writes about AI and startups on Every.

Co-founder, Go to Market at Hoop

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Hoop's investors · 6

Chingona VenturesChicago · $250K – $2M checks · since 2024Divergent CapitalNew York · $250K – $1M checksIndex VenturesSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M checks · since 2026Origin VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksVenture Guides Management, L.P.Boston · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Hoop

BSBrian Schmidt
Brian SchmidtCo-founder, Operations, Finance & Legal
JGJustin Gallagher
Justin GallagherCo-founder, Product, Engineering & Design

Experience

  1. HoopCo-Founder / CEOcurrent2022 — presentThe Internet
  2. Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2015 — present
  3. AtlassianHead of Marketing, Trello2018 — 2021
  4. AtlassianProduct Marketing Lead, Trello at Atlassian2017 — 2018Greater Chicago Area
  5. TrelloVP of Marketing2015 — 2017
  6. TrelloDirector of Marketing2014 — 2015
  7. matchistCEO and Cofounder2012 — 2014Chicago
  8. Entrepreneurs UnpluggdCo-Founder2010 — 2014Chicago
  9. Foundation CapitalYoung Entrepreneur2013 — 2014Palo Alto
  10. TechstarsEntrepreneur in Residence2012
  11. FeeFighters.comFounding Member/Marketing and PR2009 — 2012

Skills & more

Event Planning7Start-ups50Business Strategy5Entrepreneurship56Venture Capital5Public Speaking11Social Media14Blogging13Marketing Strategy4Online Marketing3Marketing8Social Networking1
+3 moreSocial Media MarketingStrategic PartnershipsStrategy

Languages English · Russian · Spanish

From Stella's professional profile.

Colleagues at Chingona Ventures

Fernando Carranza
Senior Principal at Chingona Ventures
Grisel Hernandez
Senior Associate at Chingona Ventures
Lori DeLuca
Chief Financial Officer at Chingona Ventures
Peri Ehlman
Senior Analyst at Chingona Ventures
Samara Hernandez
Chingona Ventures · Kauffman Fellow (Class 26)
Samara Mejia Hernandez
Founding Partner at Chingona Ventures
Sonia Sahney Nagar
Senior Advisor at Chingona Ventures
Veronica Crystal Mejia
Chief of Staff at Chingona Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Stella Garber?
Stella Garber is the co-founder and CEO of Hoop, a company backed by Index Ventures and angel investors including Andy Dunn and Wade Foster. She previously spent more than seven years leading marketing at Trello, where she built the marketing team and led it through the company's $425 million acquisition by Atlassian, after which she served as Head of Marketing at Atlassian. Garber is also an angel investor in more than 30 early-stage startups and writes about AI and startups on Every.
Where does Stella Garber work?
Stella Garber is Co-founder, Go to Market of Hoop and Senior Advisor at Chingona Ventures.
What companies did Stella Garber found?
Stella Garber founded Hoop.
Where did Stella Garber go to school?
Stella Garber studied at Northwestern University (Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Major in Psychology/Minor in Business); The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Entrepreneurship).

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